Saturday, May 14, 2011

Remedy for oncoming headache without drugs

Give Your Face a Workout
  All you need is your own handsome face and a mirror and you're ready to do some face and scalp calisthenics, courtesy of Harry c. Ehrmantrout, PH.D, author of Headaches: The Drugless Way to Lasting Relief. The exercises are designed to relax the muscles of the face and scalp and teach you conscious control over these muscles so you can go into action at the first sign of a headache.
   Here in summary are 11 face abd scalp calisthenics Dr. Ehrmantrout recommends.
  • Eyebrows up and return: Lift both eyebrows up quickly, then relax and let them down.
  • Right eyebrow up and return: This move could be tough to do.  Start by holding the other eyebrow in place and then m,ove the right eyebrow up, as you did before.
  • Left eyebrow up and return.
  • Squint both eyes closed and release: Do this quickly, hold briefly, the relax.
  • Squint right eye hard and release: Squeeze the right side of your face hard enough to raise the corner of your mouth.
  • Squint left eye hard and release.
  • Frown deeply and release: Squeeze eyebrows down and in toward the bridge of your nose.
  • Yawn wide and close: Slowly open your mouth by lowering your jaw gradually to a wide position.  Then close slowly.
  • Open Jaw, move right and left: Open mouth slightly and slide jaw from right to left, and then from left to right. 
  • Wrinkle nose: Squeeze nose upward, as if smelling a foul odor.
  • Make faces: Ad-lib this one, just like when you were a kid.  And don't worry, your face won't get stuck.
I have not tried the above suggestion because I rarely get a headache. I attribute that to having converted my home to safer products. I hope it helps those of you who do. Please let me know if it helps because I like to know if the information I am providing is beneficial or not. Thanks for visiting!

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